Feb 9, 201207:29 AMThe Telegraph
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Miranda Lambert Is Ready for Her Close-up
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If outlaw country queen Miranda Lambert ever does decide to seriously pursue acting as a sideline, well, she already has a pretty impressive audition tape she can send to casting directors. On Wednesday's episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit -- not coincidentally, one of Lambert’s favorite TV series -- she acquitted herself very well in a brief but attention-grabbing role as Lacey, an ambitious singer who auditions for a reality-TV show, only to wind up drugged and nearly sexually assaulted by the show’s sleazy producer (Michael McKean).
As Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly admiringly noted: “Lambert quickly communicated a convincing air of sodden despair and desperation. The script’s idea, an all too believable one, was to have Lacey be so desperate to become famous as a reality-TV star, she declined a rape kit test. ‘If he goes to prison,’ she said of McKean’s creep, ‘what happens to the show? I really want this part.’
“And Lambert,” Tucker added, “really made you feel Lacey’s addled yearning.”
Of course, some of might have preferred her to get all “Gunpowder and Lead” on the guy. But never mind: That’s while they call it acting. And judging from her Law & Order: SVU guest spot, Miranda Lambert definitely deserves more opportunities to demonstrate her versatility.
You can hear her talk about her L&O: SVU experience in this video:
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